Trump to welcome Cabinet at Camp David

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are heading to Camp David for a Cabinet meeting and updates on Hurricane Irma, according to his spokeswoman.

“This will be a working weekend,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters on Friday. The Cabinet meeting will include updates as Irma bears down on Florida, she added.

The first lady tweeted that she looks forward to hosting Cabinet members and their spouses.

“Much work to be done as we monitor #Hurricane Irma,” she wrote.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the husband of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, will be holding events in Kentucky this weekend and not attending as a spouse, his office said.

Trump first visited the government-owned retreat in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains and called it, “rustic.” He recently tracked Hurricane Harvey’s rampage through Texas, Louisiana and other places from there.

Presidents have been going to the refuge about 70 miles from the White House for seven decades. Camp David covers more than 125 acres, with a cabin for the president and about a dozen cabins for guests.

President Donald Trump walks with first lady Melania Trump to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

http://www.limaohio.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2017/09/web1_118412781-f54f3e5a253d4857a7183fc6ab3035c5.jpgPresident Donald Trump walks with first lady Melania Trump to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump gestures towards reporters as he walks with first lady Melania Trump to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

http://www.limaohio.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2017/09/web1_118412781-5b2b4cefc016455b944bf0ee57721a8b.jpgPresident Donald Trump gestures towards reporters as he walks with first lady Melania Trump to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump listens to questions shouted by reporters as he walks with first lady Melania Trump to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday in Washington.

http://www.limaohio.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2017/09/web1_118412781-b84eec55e46e47e6abf9b2aed4b673c0.jpgPresident Donald Trump listens to questions shouted by reporters as he walks with first lady Melania Trump to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday in Washington. AP Photo | Evan Vucci